Lot Essay
‘Looking at my surfaces is a complex and changeable experience’ (Pomodoro quoted in S. Hunter, Arnaldo Pomodoro, New York, 1982, pp. 52, 57).
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Bassorilievo
Details
Arnaldo Pomodoro (B. 1926)
Bassorilievo
inscribed with the artist’s signature, dated and numbered ‘Arnaldo Pomodoro 1962 1/2’ (lower right)
bronze
25 ½ x 46 ½ x 2 ¼in. (64.7 x 118.1 x 5.7cm.)
Executed in 1962, this work is number one from an edition of two, plus one artist’s proof
Bassorilievo
inscribed with the artist’s signature, dated and numbered ‘Arnaldo Pomodoro 1962 1/2’ (lower right)
bronze
25 ½ x 46 ½ x 2 ¼in. (64.7 x 118.1 x 5.7cm.)
Executed in 1962, this work is number one from an edition of two, plus one artist’s proof
Provenance
Christie’s New York, May 16, 1980, lot 59;
Private collection, Columbus, Ohio.
Private collection, Columbus, Ohio.
Literature
F. Gualdoni, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Catalogo ragionato della scultura, vol. II, Milan 2007, no. 350 (incorrectly dated 1964; another from the edition illustrated, p. 504).
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